Attachment for plows or cultivators.



' PATENTED AUG. 11,1903

W. R.'USRY. ATTACHMENT FOR FLOWS OR GULTIVATORS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

www/aw Patented August 11, 1903.

FFICEQ' ATENT WILLIAM R. USRY, OF GADSDEN, ALABAMA.

ATTACHM ENT FOR PLOWS OR CULTIVATORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 5736,17 5, dated August11, 1903. Application filed May 16, 1903. Serial No. 15mm. (1% model.)

To all whom; it may concern:

Be it known that I,WILLIAM R. USRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gadsden,

in the county of Etowah and State of Alabama, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Attachments for Plows, Cultivators, &c.; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to attachments for plows or cultivators, moreparticularly to rowmarking devices. It has for its object to provide adevice of this character which is reversible and can be adjusted toadapt it for making any desired width between the rows and which at thesame time is simple, durable, can be attached to any plow or likeimplement, and is drawn by a. line attached to the harness of the horseor other draft-animal.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating j the preferred embodiment ofmy invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cultivator,

*tion showing my device attached thereto in opera- Fig. 2 is a side Viewof a cultivator with my device attached, showing the connection of thesliding arm to the hitchingrope and also the adjustable connection ofsaid arm to the carryingrod. Fig. 3 isa detail view of the pivotalconnection of the rod to the cultivator-beam.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 is a rod, preferably madeof steel or iron, having at one end an eye 2, adapted to reversiblyengage a pin 3, secured to the beam 4 of the plow or like implement,said pin being preferably bent so that the portion engaged by said rodis parallel with the upper surface of said beam. It is evident that astaple may be used in place of this pin; but the advantage of mypreferred construction is that the rod may be removably secured by meansof a screw engaging a screwthreaded socket in the end of said pin, orthe end of the pin may be screw-threaded and said rod retained thereonby a washer and nut, the advantage being that said rod can be removedwithout withdrawing said pin, as would be necessary if a staple wereused. A

cross-bar 5, also preferably of steel or iron,

of the staple, whereby said cross-bar can be securely adjusted at anypoint of said rod. Either one or both ends of the crossbar may bepointed for marking. To said cross-bar is attached at either side of andpreferably at equal distances from the adj listing-staple lines whichare equal in length and unite a short distance fromsaid bar in onedrawingline, which is hitched directly to the harness of the horse orother animal, preferably to the top of the hame.

It will be seen that because of the simplicity and lightness of myimproved marker it can be reversed by the driver with one hand withoutreleasing the reins from the other; also, being drawn directly by a lineattached to the harness all the usual outrigging and side draft are doneaway with.

I do not confine myself to the details herein shown as an embodiment ofmy invention, asI am aware that changes may be made-- such, for example,as providing the cross-bar with sockets in each end to receive the shankof a tool or marking-point, which may be permanently attached to eachend or it may be detachably secured to permit of its transfer from oneend to the other of said rod--'and I therefore reserve the right to makesuch changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is'- 1. An attachmentof thecharacterdescribed, comprising a rod pivoted at one end to a Ina-tchine, a cross-bar connected near its center to said rod and adjustablethereon, and means I for flexibly connecting the free end of said rodand the frame of the machine to a cornmon motor, substantially as setforth.

2. An attachment of the character-described, comprising a rod connectedat one end to a machine, a cross-bar connected near its center to saidrod and adjustable thereon, said cross- ,bar having connected thereto adraw-line adapted to be attached to the harness of the comprising a loopsecured to said cross-bar draft-animal and to form a slack when. the andcarrying'a set-screw, said 100p embracing animal is at rest. said rodand adapted to .be made to grasp the 3. An attachment of the characterdescribed, same by operating said set-screw. 5 comprising a rod havingan eye at one end In testimony whereofIaffix my signature in 15 engaginga right-angled pin on the beam of a presence of two witnesses.

machine, a cross-bar connected near its cen- WILLIAM R. USRY.

ter to said rod and having flexible connection Witnesses: with themotor, means for adjusting said M. L. HEATH,

1o cross-bar at any desired point upon said rod H. B. MYERS.

